Edward Hald, an engraved 'Fyrverkeri' (Fireworks) glass bowl, Orrefors 1988, model 248.
Engraved decoration of fireworks in a park with people, the bowl signed Orrefors Hald 248.11. F9. RP (engraved by Rune Pettersson) and label marked, height 21 cm, diameter 28 cm.
A tiny chip to rim.
The model was shown at the 1925 Paris World's Fair and at the touring exhibition "Swedish Contemporary Decorative Arts" at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts in New York 1927 and the following exhibition in Chicago 1927. This model was designed in 1921.
Edward Hald was a Swedish visual and glass artist born in Stockholm. He studied at the business school in Leipzig, the Artists' Association School, and he also was a student of Henri Matisse in Paris. Hald's artistry in the 1910s exhibited a modernist spirit, inspired by the Fauvist Matisse. Hald designed decorations for various models and services for Rörstrand Porcelain Factory as well as for Karlskrona Porcelain Factory. Edward Hald contributed these works to the Home Exhibition in 1917 at Liljevalchs in Stockholm and was hired by Orrefors Glassworks the same year. Together with Simon Gate and glassmaker Knut Bergqvist, he experimented with overlay glass, resulting in Graal glass. The Graal technique was entirely new and revolutionary. Hald's designs for both engraved and Graal glass display Matisse-inspired elements, humor, and contemporary motifs.
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